Back in the ’90s, my buds would buy bad weed on these very steps, but that was before this area became known as the Thieves Market. (And my other buds living in a nearby dorm would grow their own buds with powerful grow lamps in tiny closets because 1) Electricity was unmetered by the school so it was free (no additional cost to use all the juice you wanted) and 2) Electricity was unmetered so there was no way PG&E / the popo could detect your outrageous use of juice, you know, the increase. Ah mem’ries.))

So here’s a rich SFGov government contractor who lives in/partly(?) owns a house more expensive than yours somewhere in the East Bay, you know, the guy who wants us to get “beyond” Frisco’s Paper of Record (and who also has a history of threatening to sue our paper) and who now also wants us to cheer for the Tenderloin:

IDK know how many misplaced votes of confidence our Twitterloin has gotten over the years, but obvs they’re not working.

And, think about it, why is this empty hulk available for the occasional event? Could it have something to do with it, so far, not being viable for long-term tenants despite the tens of millions of dollars recently poured into it?

The shrouding is now gone so feast your eyes upon Frisco’s newest shopping mall, 6×6 (The password for this site is amazonsucks, you know, possibly, just guessing here.)

Apparently, this glass box is going to Change Everything in Mid-Market.

We’ll see.

Oh, here’s something, written by an out-of-towner who has no fucking idea what we’re dealing with here:

“Planned for a neglected center city block, Market Street Place aims to transform an economically underutilized area into a lively, safe and shopper-friendly neighborhood. This urban project will showcase five levels of retail, totaling 230,000 square feet. The façade combines layers of clear and translucent glass with mirror patterning that will capture fragmented images of the street life while giving a peek into the development’s interior activities. The exposed inner workings of the building are aimed at helping restore and revitalize the streetscape.”

Streetscape? Prose like this gags, non? When this place gets torn down and replaced, the new architect will talk about how terrible it was. Not that it is, but really it’s just a building, right? It’s not going to affect the situation on the ground all that much, right?